Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Myanmar
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Myanmar
Second Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Myanmar
Where They Speak
India
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
bengali
birman
German Name
Bengali
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Bamar people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
sout3159
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Bengali and Burmese Speaking population
Bengali and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Burmese on Bengali vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Burmese Language Codes
Bengali and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.